Auriok Sunchaser
Creature — Human Soldier
Metalcraft — As long as you control three or more artifacts, this creature gets +2/+2 and has flying.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #26463
Auriok Sunchaser is a 1/1 flyer for two mana that needs three Equipment to become a 3/3 — a threshold most Equipment decks can realistically hit, but not reliably on curve. The payoff is modest enough that any deck serious about the Equipment synergy has better options.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Auriok Sunchaser sees essentially no competitive play in Legacy, Vintage, or Modern — the condition for its pump is too slow for formats where games end early and removal is cheap. In Pauper it's a fringe consideration for Equipment-heavy white aggro, but even there a vanilla 1/1 flyer on turn two is a liability until the board develops. Commander is its most forgiving home, specifically in Equipment-centric builds where hitting three artifacts in play is routine, though the ceiling of a 3/3 flyer rarely justifies a deck slot when commanders like Sram, Senior Edificer and Bruenor Battlehammer demand more impactful bodies.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Auriok Sunchaser is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a commons box rather than buy. That price is stable because demand is near zero, so there's no scenario where it appreciates.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.